Hacking the vote: Internet systems remain unsecure
Summary:
This article talks about the security of computers that are being used in election. During this election cycle, about 3.5 million voters will be using keyboards for at least some part of the voting process, mostly military service members of Americans living overseas, but experts are saying they don’t know how to do the voting securely. Anyone with an 8th-grade science education with just $10.50 can hack the computers that is used for voting and it’s just one of several hacks that are designed to reveal vulnerabilities in voting machines. Also voting systems frequently fails that those votes that was in failed systems are also lost. However, the voting system that is secure enough for election vote is keep evolving as West Virginia is doing right now. During the 2010 general election, 125 voters cast ballots online and, to date, no significant deficiencies or concerns have been identified. Its Secretary of State, Natalie Tennant, pleaded to skeptics that opponents could help strengthening the security and computer experts could lend their skills to develop encryption software that guarantees that each ballot is securely transmitted.
Analysis:
This article demonstrates how hard it is to keep a system secure enough even for presidential election which will be used to decide next US president. It shows how such a small, mundane looking programs, like Pac Man game installed in the voting machine, can be used for hacking and experts with professional knowledge of encryption are having hard time keeping hackers with minimal resources. However, the article also shows Estonia who is boasting about their advanced technology with secure internet system and suggest that US is also moving forward to keep the system secure and strong.
Summary:
This article talks about the security of computers that are being used in election. During this election cycle, about 3.5 million voters will be using keyboards for at least some part of the voting process, mostly military service members of Americans living overseas, but experts are saying they don’t know how to do the voting securely. Anyone with an 8th-grade science education with just $10.50 can hack the computers that is used for voting and it’s just one of several hacks that are designed to reveal vulnerabilities in voting machines. Also voting systems frequently fails that those votes that was in failed systems are also lost. However, the voting system that is secure enough for election vote is keep evolving as West Virginia is doing right now. During the 2010 general election, 125 voters cast ballots online and, to date, no significant deficiencies or concerns have been identified. Its Secretary of State, Natalie Tennant, pleaded to skeptics that opponents could help strengthening the security and computer experts could lend their skills to develop encryption software that guarantees that each ballot is securely transmitted.
Analysis:
This article demonstrates how hard it is to keep a system secure enough even for presidential election which will be used to decide next US president. It shows how such a small, mundane looking programs, like Pac Man game installed in the voting machine, can be used for hacking and experts with professional knowledge of encryption are having hard time keeping hackers with minimal resources. However, the article also shows Estonia who is boasting about their advanced technology with secure internet system and suggest that US is also moving forward to keep the system secure and strong.